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Walter Price Price was already in his early forties when he made his first records, for Bob Tanner's TNT label in San Antonio. Three TNT singles were released in 1955, the first of which, "Calling Margie", sold quite well locally. They were credited to "Big Walter and his Thunderbirds". Soon Price would call himself "Big Walter the Thunderbird". Later in 1955, Walter moved to Houston and joined his friend Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown at Don Robey's Peacock label. Of the five Peacock singles that were issued in 1956-57, the first two are the best known and also the strongest sellers. "Shirley Jean" (Peacock 1661) sounds like an early swamp pop song and was later recorded by several "real" swamp pop artists from Louisiana. On "Pack Fair And Square" (clearly inspired by "Flip Flop And Fly"), Price was backed by a few members of Little Richard's band, the Upsetters (Grady Gaines, Clifford Burks, Nat Douglas). The song was revived in the 1970s by the J. Geils Band.
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